Visual assessment of bayed beach stability with computer software

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1249-1257

  da Fontoura Klein, Antonio Henrique ^a   Vargas, Ariel ^a,b   Raabe, André Luís Alice ^a,b   Hsu, John R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach planform; Dynamic equilibrium; Graphic display; Parabolic bay shape model; Static equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SHORE PROTECTION;

BEACH STABILITY;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

BAY; BEACH; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL LANDFORM; EQUILIBRIUM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0344530867     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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